{Provoke not} (m(8820)erethizete). Present imperative of old
verb from ereth(935c), to excite. Only twice in N.T., here in bad
sense, in good sense in  2Co 9:2  (to stimulate). Here it means
to nag and as a habit (present tense). {That they be not
discouraged} (hina m(8820)athum(9373)in). Negative purpose (hina m(885c))
with the present subjunctive (continued discouragement) of
athume(935c), old verb, but only here in N.T., from athumos
(dispirited, a privative, 	humos, spirit or courage). One
does not have to read _Jane Eyre_ or _Oliver Twist_ to know
something of the sorrows of childhood as is witnessed by runaway
children and even child suicides.